Wendy Wax (2)Critiques

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What do you get when you mix "Where's Waldo?" and the Easter Bunny? "Easter Bunny on the Loose!", a delightful seek and solve picture book. It is almost Easter in Easterville and the Easter Bunny is missing his most prized possession, his golden egg! The Easter Bunny has narrowed down the suspects, and it is up to you to find the clues on each page. Will the missing egg be found before Easterville's big Easter egg hunt? This book is great for preschoolers and families to read together. The illustrations are colorful and vibrant and will get anyone in the mood for spring.

Taylor W. / Marathon County Public Library
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Two baby pygmy marmosets have gotten separated from their papi, and now they are lost.

Jean believes that he should have his hair cut but his father disagrees. he has to convince his father to let him cut his hair but an artist does a painting of him with his long hair. will he keep his long hair or cut it short?
12 books

Secret Agents is book number 3 that is part of a series of books about the Backyardigans adventures. The Backyardigans are a group of fictional friends who adventure all over the world starting in their backyard and end right back there just in time for snack. Throughout their adventures they sing, encourage and help each in whatever might come along. This specific book, Secret Agents, is about Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua going on a secret mission to bring this mysterious bone back to the Treasure Museum. In their time in the museum, the trio highlights how to be sneaky and a good secret agent.
This book in my opinion doesn't have a deeper meaning or agenda other than friends going on a adventure together and using to team-work to get the job done. The tone and feeling you get from this book is overall very happy and excited. The bright colors in the book express how the author wants you to feel when adventuring with the Backyardigans - happy and ready for a fun trip in the backyard. This book really helps children use there imagination.
Using this book in the classroom would be fun to do in my opinion. You could really expand this story and have to children interact and take an adventure of there own.

Young Reader Reaction: Our daughter laughed with almost every spell. She wanted to be able to turn the air into cotton candy and eat a field full of pizza. We read this one several times.

Adult Reader Reaction: This is a fun story, and not completely predictable. Mitzi and Muffletump have lots of personality. The illustrator does a wonderful job giving the cousins style - I loved the swim goggles on Mitzi!

Pros: Two sassy witches and some cute spells create a book that is fun to read out loud together. The story is presented in conversation, so it can double as an easy reader.

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This book worked wonders because we kept having problems with potty training. This helped show the kids that everyone no matter how old or what job they have go to the bathroom.

Told in rhyming verse, City Witch, Country Switch is a witchy re-interpretation of the classic Aesopic fable, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, in which two rodents see how "the other half" lives. In Wendy Wax's story, however, it is two witch cousins - country-bred Muffletump and city-slicker Mitzi - who visit one another, before making the inevitable discovery that they prefer life at home. A happy "compromise" is reached, however, through the use of the "Far-No-More" spell, allowing them each to stay where they are, and to also be neighbors.

I was really quite surprised to see the almost universal praise heaped upon this title, in the online reviews I've been reading, as I myself found it a mostly mediocre offering. The story didn't really involve me, the rhyme scheme felt forced, and the illustrations by Scott Gibala-Broxholm were unappealing. Young readers with a strong interest in witchy tales might still find this interesting, but with so many superior examples of the genre out there - Arthur Howard's Hoodwinked, for example, or Valerie Thomas' Winnie the Witch - I wouldn't recommend going to any great lengths to obtain it.

This was a very cute book that showed even people that are very different can be friends. The two witches lived very different lives with one living in the city and one living in the country. This book has cute rhyming and definitely easy to keep the attention of children.

This book was a cute holiday themed book that used alot of quirky rhyming. It's purpose is to show differences between city life and country living, while also showing that people from different places can become great friends.

Arlo is an adorable armadillo who gets lost on his way home from flying kites with a friend Jack, a happy rabbit. On a dreary, windy day Arlo laments his having to stay inside to play, but then Jack suggests going to fly kites together. On their way to a nearby grassy hill Arlo takes notice of various sights and smells along the way, such as the neighboring skunk's burrow and a rosebush. Once a thunderstorm arrives Jack and Arlo decide to leave their kites tied to a rock and return home, but Arlo secretly goes back for his kite. This is when the armadillo gets lost. Watching Arlo find his way home shows problem-solving skills to readers through a situation that children can identify with. Using his memory and critical thinking Arlo is able to retrace his steps back home. Once there, Arlo learns a valuable lesson about paying attention and finding your way. Children will love the animals found throughout the picture book, especially the main character and his family. The illustrations are also very well designed. Relf’s use of bright color spreads across each page will keep readers’ attention.

Y’all know how I love helping new readers, so when I find a picture book that can double as an easy reader? Boo-ya!

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Y’all know how I love helping new readers, so when I find a picture book that can double as an easy reader? Boo-ya!

To read our full review head over to Family Bookshelf.

My 3yr old is a HUGE Mickey fan so reading these books to her makes her day!

My 3yr old is a HUGE Mickey fan so reading these books to her makes her day!

Treasury of stories, songs and games for the holiday for children

Clara the Klutz is an excellent book for elementary school students. The Phonics Comics book uses comic drawings and innovative pictures to accommodate students' interests, and the students will also like the comic behavior of Clara the klutzy princess. Students will strenghten their reading abilities and learn from the fun adventures of Clara the Klutz.½

This is a short comic book about Sugar and Spice, the two coolest, sassiest, smartest girls in town. They meet and become BFF (best friends forever) despite their differences. In these three spirited stories, the girls learn the importance of friendship, acceptance, and charity. Young girls will love this story and will be able to relate to Sugar and Spice on many different levels.

This book was about Angelica wanted to be popular. Kimi picked a shirt from a pile of clothes Angelica was going to give away , Kimi sewed stuff on to it and cut off the sleeves. The next day at school, Angelica was upset because she bought t new clothes and Jane ( the most popular girl in school) liked the shirt Kimi fixed up.
Kimi started making and selling the shirts to all the girls and t the very end Kimi made made the last shirt she made to Angelica ... as Jane walked past she said hi to both girls and said i like your shirt to Angelica

This book is about Mitzi and Muffletump, two witches that are cousins. One lives in the city while the other one lives in the country. The story explains the problems the witch from the country has when she visits her cousin in the city. The city is noise, the air is dirty, the crowded subway. So Muffetump gets rather crafty when it comes to fixing the problem. Then when Muffletump decide to go home, Mitzi decides to go to her house for a visit. And she too has some problems. Leaky roof, slime pond and having allergies to the country air. In the end they both find a way to compromise, so they can be together and are happy.

The four year old only liked the part where they were witches and how they solved there problems using magic. So all day all I heard was I wish I was a witch. I would get make money to buy this or that. Or I wish I could make ice cream. So I ran with the idea.

My first project was for them to color a picture of the things they would change if they had the powers of a witch. Or things they would want if they had powers of a witch. Then I had them second, draw a picture of just one thing on that list that was the most important for you to have. Kind of letting them compromise on there own. But was a fun project for the kids to do.

Cute illustrations. The story about three dogs who can talk to each other. The dogs discuss what adventures they want to have. They decide they want to have a plan for their adventures because in the past, not having a plan didn't end up so well.

An interactive, tactile board book that rhymes. Advanced kindergarten to early 1st grade level.

This is one of our favorite Backyardigans shows, and has several of our favorite songs (many of which are on our ipods so the kids can listen in the car). However, the Backyardigans don't translate well to books. Without the songs, the stories lose all their charm.

Diego (from the popular Nick Jr bilingual TV show) and his Papi join forces to help rescue two baby pygmy marmosets who have lost their papi pygmy marmoset. The colorful images and simple storyline will be familiar to children who watch the series (the book is an abridgment of the Father’s Day episode), and show both human and animal fathers with their young. Review by Book Dads

This is such a beautiful book for children and adults alike. I simply love the illustrations. The books contents are of bible stories, parables, verses, prayers, poetry, songs and even some activities. It is very special.